Local Economy
The plan: Create community workspaces where young artists can live and work, then run those in conjunction with pop-up shops or galleries, where these artists can sell their work and hold events.

Santa Fe’s business and community leaders offer their ideas for jump-starting the local economy

Local Economy
This edition of SFR’s annual “Local Economy” issue contains fewer exhortations to buy local produce (still important!) or patronize local coffee shops. Instead, we asked several business and community lea...

Republicans and Democrats tussle over new revenues

Local News
Paul Singdahlsen has been a state employee for 18 years. Each day, he helps with maintenance work on art pieces and exhibits for the Department of Cultural Affairs. But only in the past four years has he begun ...

Legal Tender: For some law firms, state contracting is a lucrative business

Local News
On Dec. 5, just a block from the state capitol, the trial began to determine the shape of New Mexico’s new legislative districts. Redistricting actually begins with the Legislature, which approved several pla...

In Brief

In Brief

Local News
Over the past month, protests in the Occupy Wall Street movement have spread across the nation. In Santa Fe, they’ve centered around Bank of America—the recipient of the second-largest bailout package in 20...

A look at the people, power and politics to watch in 2012

Features
This week, SFR offers a look at New Mexico’s political climate: the races to watch, the rhetoric to consider (or reject) and the tools needed to research the candidates. It may be almost fall in Santa Fe, but...